infectious disease
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “infectious disease” means a disease potentially caused by a pathogenic organism (including a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite) that is acquired by a person and that reproduces in that person.
Source
- 2006–present42 U.S.C. § 247DThe Public Health and Welfare · Authority for use of certain procedures regarding qualified countermeasure research and development activities · in this section